I thought we where guaranteed a final spot, according to the indo we are no?

No. Right now, we have 9 pts and Monaghan and Donegal both have 8. If we lose next week and Donegal bate Mayo, then we’ll finish on 9 pts, but Monaghan and Donegal will both finish on 10…shutting us out of the final.

Not sure about that, of the five possible candidates we could meet, we have only beaten Mayo, we drew with Tyrone, Kerry and Donegal and have still to play Monaghan, and let’s be honest we were fairly relieved to get the draw in all three cases.

So barring some freakish stuff I would imagine the final will be us and Mon or The Guardians of the Flame.

For the life of me I can’t figure out how Kerry could qualify as the second placed team
Freakish isn’t the word , its going to take some crazy results for that to happen . This is going to be some weekend for knockout games , fans in the stands will be keeping an ear for how other games or going & what is required for their teams to make the final . A Gillette Soccer Sunday would be ideal next week . Pity Eir Sport aren’t covering them because they switch between games when something exciting happens .

Not sure about that, of the five possible candidates we could meet, we have only beaten Mayo, we drew with Tyrone, Kerry and Donegal and have still to play Monaghan, and let’s be honest we were fairly relieved to get the draw in all three cases.

Big difference between Dublin in some regulation games, and in the final.

Donegal have a 6 point edge on Kerry . Mayo would want to hammer Donegal to give Kerry a chance , which isn’t out of the question either . 4 points between Kerry & Tyrone . Ah , I give up at this stage . No point really trying to predict anything , as long as we win we’ll worry about who we might play after that . Let’s hope the ref won’t be deciding if we make it .

In Division 2 Meath need Kildare to do them a favour against Galway. While it would be nice to see two more Leinster counties in Divison 1 (if even just for one season), considering Kildare have already qualified for the final and have no love for Meath I imagine they will just put out a second string side.

Listened to the Monaghan match on Northern Sound. Brilliant. Those boys have no problem wearing their hearts on their sleeves. Great listening. They will be tough,hard and defensive and their midfield of Queues’ are strong. Mc Manus would start for anyone. Would be disappointed if we don’t prevail however.

Mayo have Donegal’s number, and Kerry have Tyrone’s, lately, so it’s very possible Kerry manage to finish above both Tyrone & Donegal, especially with Mayo & Kerry playing at home. I think if Mayo are going very well Vs Donegal with a few minutes to go, and our game is close, and Kerry are winning Vs Tyrone, then it’s going to be a very interesting last few minutes in Monaghan